Oct 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Early Childhood Education, B.S.


Elementary and Special Education  
615-898-2146
Pamela A. Ertel, program coordinator
Pamela.Ertel@mtsu.edu
 

The curriculum for the major in Early Childhood Education offers preparation for teachers in the area of integrated early childhood education and to meet the Tennessee requirements for licensure to teach pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first through third grades in collaborative and/or inclusive settings.*

*NOTE: A grade of C or higher is required for all courses in the major.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Early Childhood Education, B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 87 hours
TOTAL 124-128 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the program of study may be completed in 124 hours.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following course required by the program meets True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (87 hours)


Residency II (12 hours)


Curriculum: Early Childhood Education


Freshman


Subtotal: 33 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 33 Hours


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Subtotal: 27 Hours